This is an awesome article. I'm gonna link to my journal post tonight for sure!

Mark Twain:
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything."
"Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow."

I don't know the details, but chances are you really missed out by not acclimating. And really it makes tons of sense and takes about 2 minutes.

As a sort of extreme example, if you ever seriously tackle the 4 squat workout the jump in weight between squats can get pretty large. From OH squats to Anderson Front Squats you can potentially see 60-80lbs (going from 135x2 on OH to 195-215x5 on Andersons) and Backsquats to Anderson 1/2 (or 1/4) Squats can be about 100lbs (245-265x2 to 365+x5 is possible). By that point you're more than warmed up but just from a 'common sense' standpoint you wouldn't want to just throw another 100lbs on your back and hope for the best. Plus with some acclimation you may be able to use 110-120lbs :P

Just like Eric mentioned, if you went from Deadlifts to step-ups the much heavier deadlifts will make the weight used for stepups feel like a feather lol.

The section on secondary exercises is very important.

The strength trainee says "Why sacrifice intensity when I can sacrifice volume"
The bodybuilder says "Why sacrifice intensity when I can sacrifice form"

"We are not sport, when there is a sport issue, we are not so good. The boxer is much better than us at boxing. But he will have to protect his balls if he wants to punch us."

I don't know the details, but chances are you really missed out by not acclimating. And really it makes tons of sense and takes about 2 minute

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Well…I was progressing on uni-OHP's until got to 55lbsX4, the week after I decided to start with 55 except I lifted the weight to my shoulder & was like WTF! this is heavy, my next 2 sets did go well, but I understand now, that if I had warmed up with a set of 25 or 30lbs X 3, I would've been better set for it. Kinda a similar thing also happened on my heavy db rows.
I realize it's also a matter of transition, for e.g. my weights on the OHP were lower initially, but after a point a warm-up is a must.

I was progressing on uni-OHP's until got to 55lbsX4, the week after I decided to start with 55 except I lifted the weight to my shoulder & was like WTF! this is heavy,

You don't want to get stuck doing mondo warm ups for secondary exercises but yes, it may have gone a bit better. The thing is that just the "feeling" of something being so heavy can stymie you becuause the "shock" of the weight makes the body want to shut down. Sometimes are proper warmup is as much about regulating arousal as it is about the physiological "warming up" and "acclimating" but these things are related as well so it really does come down to the same thing.

this is heavy, my next 2 sets did go well, but I understand now, that if I had warmed up with a set of 25 or 30lbs X 3, I would've been better set for it.

The following sets were easier because the first one provided some acclimation. This is why you can sometimes fail/miss a lift, reduce the weight, perform a successful attempt, and revisit the failed weight and succeed.

I think you're missing my point though. A weight feeling heavier than normal does not necessarily mean you aren't warmed up. It means you haven't acclimated enough. You say 25 or 30x3 would have helped with the weight but 35x1 and 45x1 seems more appropriate to me. This of course isn't a substitute for a warmup, I'm only referring to acclimation so you're warmed up by this point.

I know we usually refer to the warmup as everything before the working sets, but really it is a warmup and acclimation.

Eric and I posted in unison…again lol.

The strength trainee says "Why sacrifice intensity when I can sacrifice volume"
The bodybuilder says "Why sacrifice intensity when I can sacrifice form"

"We are not sport, when there is a sport issue, we are not so good. The boxer is much better than us at boxing. But he will have to protect his balls if he wants to punch us."